Small world

What do 19th-century painter T.C. Steele, Harvard philosopher Ralph Barton Perry, and Kurt Vonnegut have in common? I discovered some fascinating connections while researching a story about Steele and the Arts & Crafts Movement for Bloom Magazine.

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Richard Lieber

1869-1944

Cousin of Hermann Lieber, who was T.C. Steele’s close friend and patron

For an informative article about Brandt, see “Work Worth Doing: Brandt Steele, Designer and Potter” by Barry Shifman (Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Winter 1994; available from http://shop.indianahistory.org/

Looking up a vintage art deco style painting/collage, (a fairy, painted with black on glass, over a background of milkweed silk and dried flowers) I was given, label in back of frame, “H. Lieber Co. Indianapolis.” Read about his store and the “Hoosier Group” of painters (T.C. Steele being one) on site of “The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis.” Search led me to your site. Again, T. C. Steele and you connect Lieber and Steele to Kurt Vonnegut !! Love the connections. Also, looked into the “Hoosier Group” artists and enjoyed the art. (And not to mention, my sister and her family live in New Palestine, IN. ) Did not find out anything about my painting, however.